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Bank employee kills wife, sister before shooting himself in Lucknow
Unlock these with Subscription A police vehicle outside the ICICI Bank branch in the Gomti Nagar area, after a bank employee allegedly shot dead his wife, a bank official, and his sister before shooting himself, in Lucknow, on August 20, 2026. | Photo Credit: PTI A double murder-suicide shocked Lucknow on Thursday (August 20, 2026), when Manas Vajpayee, a government bank employee, allegedly shot his wife at her office in Gomti Nagar and then killed his sister before taking his own life. Minutes later, the man posted a WhatsApp status claiming he killed his wife for cheating, then went to his.
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National·2h ago
Deliveries at Keralam’s Kozhikode Government Women and Children’s Hospital decline
Meanwhile, a government gynaecologist, who does not wish to be quoted, says a high number of deliveries were reported at the Kottaparamba hospital during the 2020-22 pandemic period possibly because many other government hospitals, including the medical college hospital, catered to only COVID. In 2020-21, of the 5,201 deliveries, 2,472 were C-section; in 2021-22, of the 3,552 deliveries, 1,841 were C-section; and in 2022-23, of the 2,205 deliveries, 1,148 were C-section. Parannur says that between 2020-21 and 2023-24, the number of total deliveries came down by 61% from 5,201 to 2,019.
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Region·1h ago
ISIS-Inspired Woman Charged Over Plot To Attack New York Capitol Building
The department said Jessica Bowie, 35, was seen making visits to the state's Capitol grounds and taking photographs of the building.
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